| Aegires evorae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Aegiridae |
| Genus: | Aegires |
| Species: | A. evorae |
| Binomial name | |
| Aegires evorae Moro & Ortea, 2015 | |
Aegires evorae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.
The specific name evorae is in honour of Cesária Évora, a Cape Verdean popular singer.
Distribution
This species was described from Calhetinha, in the northeast of the island of Sal, Cape Verde Islands.
Description
Aegires evorae has a cream-white body with a patchy brown overlay which is broken by regularly spaced, circular patches of darker brown dots. The rhinophores have a distinctive narrow band of brown below the tip.
Ecology
This nudibranch probably feeds on the calcareous sponge, Clathrina coriacea.
References
- ^ Moro, L.; Ortea, J.A. (2015). "Nuevos taxones de babosas marinas de las islas Canarias y de Cabo Verde (Mollusca: Heterobranchia)". Vieraea. 43: 21–86.
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Aegires evorae Moro & Ortea, 2015. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-09
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| Aegires evorae | |